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She already had a double, two singles and four RBIs for West Brunswick in its conference softball game April 20 against North Brunswick.

Dez’s father, Randall Avallone, is a warrant officer with the United States Army, serving in Afghanistan. He is a hero to our country. This evening, daughter Dez, in a smaller way, was a hero to her West Brunswick teammates.

LELAND—Summer after summer, the youngster Kyle Hufham practiced his pitching, throwing baseball after baseball to his dad, Gary, sitting on an upside-down bucket.

It is a ritual wherever baseball is played: pitch and catch between a son, full of dreams, and a dad, full of hope. Jerry Trott, Kyle Hufham’s grandfather, recalled watching the scene, which started when Kyle was about 8 or 9 years old.

Senior pitcher Gavin Lane has been pleased with the run support he has received in his last few starts. Tuesday night was no different, as the Trojans exploded for five runs in the bottom of the first inning en route to an 8-3 win over North Brunswick. The win keeps West in sole possession of first place in the Waccamaw Conference, two games ahead of North. Lane gave up a run in the top of the first but gained confidence watching his team string together timely hits in the Trojans’ first at-bat.

On Friday, April 23, the Ladies’ Ministry group at First Baptist Church of Shallotte will present the Butterfly Sisterhood event. The theme for this year’s event is “Faith Not Fear for God is Faithful.”
The Ladies’ Ministry group at First Baptist says this year’s event will be much different from last year’s event. One of the changes for this year includes a new Ladies’ Ministry Director, Cathie McLean.

Over the last several months, the Beacon staff has been working with a corporate team to redesign our website.

The good news is you’ll still find all the quality news coverage you’ve come to expect from the Beacon. The better news is, you’ll now find more of it, and new ways to interact with the Beacon and the community.

The Brunswick County Board of Education had a great opportunity to start anew with the hiring of a new superintendent last week, and yet somehow the announcement got flubbed up.

When the community should have been celebrating and welcoming the district’s new leadership with Dr. Edward Pruden, there was dissent among the board.

In a prepared statement, board member Scott Milligan said he was voting against the hiring of Pruden, not because of Pruden’s candidacy, but because of what he believed were some shady actions of some board members.

SHALLOTTE—Tucked behind a garage at North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Shallotte maintenance office is a graveyard of sorts for campaign signs. Hundreds of campaign signs removed by NCDOT officials from state-owned rights-of-way and roadways have been stored behind the garage until candidates claim them.

Candidates or their representatives have 30 days to pick up their signs before they are thrown out, Iris McCombs, NCDOT maintenance engineer, said.

Mike Capaccio, the director of development at Brunswick Community College, considered politicians, celebrities and sports figures to speak at the annual Community Breakfast put on by the BCC Foundation. Two years ago, the name Bobby Cremins kept coming up in conversation. Capaccio finally reached Cremins, a successful college basketball coach, after two years of communication and persistence. Cremins agreed to be the special guest speaker April 13 at the Dinah E. Gore Fitness & Aquatics Center.

Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of stories about the life and death of Amy Caroline Frink, who, at 18 years old, was brutally murdered in 1994, and her mother Birdie’s fight to bring justice for her youngest daughter almost 16 years later.